I had my “meeting of creditors” today in US bankruptcy court. One word to describe the whole thing? Awkward You’re in this room with a dozen other “debtors” and the awkwardness is as thick as pea soup. I think my…

Countrywide is the largest mortgage company in the US…think they are dealing with a short sale problem at the moment? You betcha. (not to mention short sales of their stock! Wish I had shorted them at $40!) They have now…

I was lucky to get to be a beta-tester of the new online finance application mint.com. I wouldn’t usually write reviews like this, but I even shared this site with some of my family members because I thought it was…

Raising or increasing your credit score (FICO) fast is possible. In fact, it’s really quite simple If you follow these steps. I should know. I was able to get over 160K in credit at age 22 because of my knowledge…